Tuesday, July 16, 2013

We recently got our hands on a couple GoPro cameras so we decided to break them in by showing you how we make our machined iPhone cases. It turned out pretty sweet. Take a look and let us know what you think.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Karas Kustoms is proud to announce our latest project, a custom machined pen, the RETRAKT. We have chosen the name “RETRAKT”
because this new pen is a “click” style pen that uses a near-silent mechanism
to expose and retract the tip of the refill in use. The RETRAKT features a
German-made, all metal, knock mechanism, our signature heavy duty stainless
clip, and will come in 3 different materials. In addition to aluminum and
brass, we are introducing a version in copper, a first for Karas Kustoms. The
aluminum version will be anodized and the copper and brass versions will be
hand-finished and left raw. As always, everything from design to manufacturing
is all done by us in our shop. Here are some nice photos for you to ogle.

Monday, June 17, 2013

We have manufactured a small batch of extruder upgrades that are work with the Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer. They are made from anodized (red!) 6061 aluminum and have a brass pivot pin. They come with the bearing pre-installed, a 3x8mm countersunk screw, and a spring. You just need to reuse one of the long screws that came with your original plunger with the brass pivot pin. This design is derived from whpthomas's design posted on Thingaverse. We asked his permission and he told us to go for it, so we did! This upgrade kit will NOT work with the 2X.

We are not associated with Makerbot Industries in any way and claim no ownership of their intellectual property.